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08 Mar 2022, 8:48 pm

/\Maybe the roaches will evolve with all the radiation and build a better world than we have.


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08 Mar 2022, 9:08 pm

Roaches have been around since at least 300 million years ago....in the Paleozoic Era.



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08 Mar 2022, 9:11 pm

A microwave won’t kill them.
Was at a house years ago that had a roach problem, they heated something in the microwave and when they opened the door I saw roaches scurrying about inside.


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08 Mar 2022, 9:50 pm

Two days ago: No, Russia can't be running out of army trucks. That's preposterous.
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Now: Russia hasn't ran out of army trucks... I think... :huh:
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09 Mar 2022, 1:53 am

I am pissed about the conflict, now I am dreaming about nukes going off all thanks to this. Putin is a psycho seriously...idk just cannot get over the targeting of civilians, that's disgusting and horrible, heard they were even firing on obviously fleeing civilians. That makes me angry...like what the hell.


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09 Mar 2022, 2:33 am

Misslizard wrote:
Planes for Ukraine
https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/statem ... to-ukraine

Pentagon says Poland's jet offer for Ukraine 'not tenable'

I heard days ago that it won't happen. Poland won't be getting new jets in the near future.



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09 Mar 2022, 2:53 am

r00tb33r wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
Planes for Ukraine
https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/statem ... to-ukraine

Pentagon says Poland's jet offer for Ukraine 'not tenable'

I heard days ago that it won't happen. Poland won't be getting new jets in the near future.

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THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland said Tuesday it would give all of its MiG-29 fighter jets to the U.S., potentially advancing an arrangement that would allow the warplanes to be passed along to Ukraine's military as it confronts invading Russian forces.
The article was originally written earlier than the move on Poland's side was made.

Yes, it is quite a puzzle how to deliver these planes while minimizing the risk of the war spilling out of Ukraine. That's why our officials have been extremely busy, with hours' long consultations behind closed doors.


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09 Mar 2022, 9:53 am

Line the planes up near the Polish border. Sneak Ukrainian pilots across the line and into the cockpits. No Polish or Americans have to fly them over Ukraine. 8)


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09 Mar 2022, 10:06 am

Not a bad plan!

There seems a lot of opposition to the no-fly zone that Ukraine wants, citing fears of a much wider conflict.

And it's hard to negotiate with power hungry crocodiles.


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09 Mar 2022, 10:10 am

As pretty scary as it sounds, it's pretty much old news to me.

Wars have been around since the Stone Age, so people are going to keep being conflictive for whatever reason (especially STUPID ones :roll: ).

If this situation can be contained before it gets any worse, that would be great. Otherwise....well, we're doomed. 8O


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09 Mar 2022, 11:05 am

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“I’m not going to kill.” In Russia, the military enlistment office was burned so as not to fight against Ukraine

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The Russian set fire to the military registration and enlistment office to destroy the data of reservist conscripts who can be forced to fight against Ukraine – he left a “message” to the Russian authorities

In Russia, they set fire to the military registration and enlistment office / Photo: Collage: Today

In Lukhovitsy, Moscow region, a Russian opposed to the Putin regime painted the gates of the local military enlistment office in the colors of the Ukrainian flag and set fire to the building. He explained that he did not intend to carry out criminal orders and wanted to avoid being drafted to war with Ukraine.

This was reported by the Russian Telegram channel VataHunters.

It is noted that on the fence, in addition to the Ukrainian flag, the man wrote “I will not go to kill my brothers.” After that, he climbed onto the territory of the military registration and enlistment office and threw Molotov cocktails into the windows of the building, a fire broke out there.

Thus, the guy tried to destroy the archive with the personal data of conscript reservists who could fight against Ukraine.

“This should prevent mobilization in the district. I hope that I will not see my classmates in captivity or lists of the dead. (…) This should break the spirit of the Russian army and government even more.


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09 Mar 2022, 11:41 am

That's a unique tactic,

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In 2020, Azerbaijan had successfully demonstrated this tactic against Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Azerbaijani pilots flew their AN-2s over Armenian positions and then locked the aircraft’s controls using belts.

After that the pilot bailed out to safety letting the unmanned aircraft fly directly towards Armenian units, forcing the ground troops to open fire thus giving away their positions.




https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-to-dep ... -biplanes/


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09 Mar 2022, 11:47 am

A no fly zone would be extremely dangerous, it's practically a direct declaration of war against Russia. All during the cold war, we never risked a direct confrontation with Russia because they were a major nuclear power.


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09 Mar 2022, 3:50 pm

Since I'm a fan of space stuff let's insert some spaceflight in to this conversation,

Poking fun at Russia, SpaceX launches Starlink internet satellites from Florida
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Wed, March 9, 2022, 8:52 AM

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"Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom," SpaceX launch engineer Julia Black called out just before the 8:45 a.m. EST liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. "Launch director is go for launch."

The rocket successfully launched 48 Starlink internet satellites to orbit, then returned to land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship a few minutes later. It marked the booster's fourth flight to date.



https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech ... 375204002/


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09 Mar 2022, 3:54 pm

kitesandtrainsandcats wrote:
Since I'm a fan of space stuff let's insert some spaceflight in to this conversation,

Poking fun at Russia, SpaceX launches Starlink internet satellites from Florida
Emre Kelly
Florida Today
Wed, March 9, 2022, 8:52 AM

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"Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom," SpaceX launch engineer Julia Black called out just before the 8:45 a.m. EST liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. "Launch director is go for launch."

The rocket successfully launched 48 Starlink internet satellites to orbit, then returned to land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship a few minutes later. It marked the booster's fourth flight to date.



https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech ... 375204002/
If anyone, Musk is the one most likely to name his next rocket engine "Broomstick", just to p!ss off Roscosmos CEO :lol:

For those not in the context: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nasa-br ... ne-1684522


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